Whois Protocol Control

Request registration information for an Internet domain name.

Reference

Control Information

Object Name WhoisClientCtl.WhoisClient

File Name CSWHOAX6.OCX

Version 6.0.6000.0

ProgID SocketTools.WhoisClient.6

ClassID 891F5497-DFD0-41D1-9D93-BA52A7FFCBAD

Threading Model Apartment

Help File CST60CTL.CHM

Dependencies None

Standard RFC 954

Remarks

The Whois protocol control provides an interface for requesting registration information for an Internet domain name. When a domain name is registered, the organization that registers the domain must provide certain contact information along with technical information such as the primary name servers for that domain. The control provides an interface for requesting that information and returning it to the program so that it can be displayed or processed. This control would be most commonly used to query the Whois server at rs.internic.net to obtain information about a specific Internet domain name or an administrative contact at that domain.

Requirements

This ActiveX control is supported on Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008. If you are using Windows 2000, it is required that you have Service Pack (SP4) installed. If you are using Windows XP, it is required that you have at least Service Pack 2 (SP2) installed and it is recommended that you install Internet Explorer 7.0. It is also recommended that all critical updates to the Windows operating system be installed.

The SocketTools Visual Edition components are compatible with any development tool that fully supports COM (Component Object Model) and the ActiveX control specification. This includes Visual Studio 6.0, Visual Studio .NET 2003, Visual Studio 2005 and Visual Studio 2008. If you are using Visual Basic 6.0 or Visual C++ 6.0, it is required that you have Service Pack 6 (SP6) installed. If you are using Visual Studio .NET 2003 or Visual Studio 2005, it is recommended that you install Service Pack 1 (SP1). In all cases, it is recommended that you have the current updates for your development tools installed.

Distribution

When you distribute an application that uses this control, you should install the appropriate file in the Windows system directory. ActiveX controls must be registered on the target system by the installation program before they can be used by an application.